Example sentences of "[subord] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The latter are typically re-presentations of accruals accounting figures , albeit to include information that would not be readily apparent in the income statements and balance sheets .
2 Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see Eire not qualify .
3 And Pound 's generosity towards Eliot did not fail through subsequent decades , when nothing was more common among the English intelligentsia , especially the academic part of it , than to assail Pound with weapons picked from Eliot 's armoury .
4 Mind you , it 's not sunbathing or badminton I have in mind but planting — what more satisfying thing is there to do in the garden than to plant bulbs , or a tree or shrub to give you joy for years to come .
5 She clutched and unclutched her toes — but now more with excitement than to combat frostbite .
6 It was on a par with the rest of their good fortune that night — save the missing of Balliol himself — for nothing could more assist their project than to drive hosts of panic-stricken and riderless horses before them through the sleeping camp .
7 That infamous attire strangling his glorious body — really a pastiche of desirability — inspired battalions of people who should know better than to wear Lycra shorts .
8 The objects themselves are arranged n telling juxtapositions — a kind of museological montage technique which aims less to ‘ reveal ’ a single explanation than to stimulate speculation , enquiry and even free association .
9 Better to lose face and be open about not understanding the cryptic message , than to lose sleep at night over it .
10 Right from the start , the people who dreamed up the reforms made the mistake of including buzz-words — the ‘ internal market ’ and ‘ opted-out ’ are the most glaring examples — which seemed intended to flatter Mrs Thatcher rather than to inform Mr Average .
11 Until recently he believed that ‘ the magnificent State of Britain' had done little for the Science upon which her wealth , power and very existence depended ; except to provide security and freedom in a country its citizens could be proud of , and this had indeed been enough .
12 Perhaps we believe that others perceive us as weak and ineffectual when in reality we choose to make a stand only about those things which really matter , knowing that it often takes more strength to remain calm and in control than to meet aggression with more aggression .
13 Too often he had seen education serve no better purpose than to impose limits of caution and doubt on vision and imagination .
14 Thus if a test is given for diagnosing a difficulty it seems less relevant to decide on a boundary score than to obtain details of the nature of the difficulty .
15 It makes some sense to argue that an animal needs less computing power to find leaves , which are abundant all around , than to find fruit , which may have to be searched for , or to catch insects , which take active steps to get away .
16 In my opinion , distinctiveness and memorability owe more to rhythmic design than to pitch patterns .
17 The principal objective of the system of supervision with the Appointed Actuary is to give emphasis to the importance of providing fair value for consumers of life assurance products and ensuring their security , rather than to provide protection for the insurance company .
18 But it proposed no changes in the law of libel , other than to provide redress to victims of untrue statements which were not defamatory .
19 ‘ It was easier for the press to write ‘ Brat Pack ’ than to write Tom , or Matthew , or Rob or whoever .
20 The objective of the Lausanne conference should be to encourage Kenya and its allies to emulate the conditions pertaining in the Kruger and Hwange national parks , where culling has become a necessity born out of successful conservation , rather than to encourage policies which could turn them into the run-down disaster zones Mr Leakey described .
21 She developed in the chief inspector the emotional equivalent of a skin rash , and made her wish for nothing better than to discover Christine was the ‘ friend ’ her father had met on Hampstead Heath .
22 Would it not be more cost-effective to use auxiliary jet pilots who have come out of the service under ’ Options for Change ’ than to train women as fast jet pilots , however keen they may be ?
23 What could be more appropriate at Christmas than to remember children who have been deserted by their mothers and know only a hospital as home .
24 These development controls do give the planners an influential role in local development , even though the powers are mainly negative , comprising the ability to refuse rather than to initiate development .
25 Surely , it is better to find out in advance than to cause death or suffering to one 's fish , grief to oneself , and waster money in the process ?
26 But he was , nevertheless , a witty and civilised man and was always welcomed by the public relations people who like nothing better than to pour alcohol down the usually receptive throat of a member of the Press .
27 As Repetto ( 1988a ) has discussed , the continued availability of subsidies for conversion of forest to pasture makes it more economic for the investor to clear further forest than to purchase fertiliser or control weeds in existing pasture .
28 One ground for such a belief is that one has a legal right to some act or omission by another legal or natural person , although to define claims in terms of rights becomes circular :
29 Hither and thither rolled the famous car , disgorging Lady D , followed by Sir Bernard , like minor royalty to perform no very clear function other than to open things or attend functions and be recognized .
30 Other patients whose studies were part of a research protocol have been included in the subsequent analysis as these requests for gastric emptying studies were intended to establish diagnoses , albeit to define groups of patients for further evaluation .
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